Jack Horsley
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Full name | Jack S. Horsley | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | Salt Lake City, Utah | September 25, 1951||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 141 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
Club | Red Shield Triton Swim Club | ||||||||||||||
College team | Indiana University | ||||||||||||||
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Jack S. Horsley (born September 25, 1951) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. He represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he won a bronze medal in the 200-meter backstroke, finishing behind East German Roland Matthes and fellow American Mitch Ivey.[1]
Horsley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and attended high school in Seattle, Washington. He enrolled in Indiana University, where he swam for coach Doc Counsilman's Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Big Ten Conference competition.
He graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree, and earned his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati Medical School. He completed his residency in Stockton, California, and has lived in Ellensburg, Washington since 1979. Horsley is currently the medical director of Central Washington University's student health center.[2] Horsley is a Latter-day Saint.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's 200 metres backstroke". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
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External links
- Jack Horsley at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Jack Horsley at Olympics.com
- Student Medical & Counseling Clinic – Central Washington University medical staff profile
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Latter Day Saints from Washington (state)
- American male backstroke swimmers
- Indiana Hoosiers men's swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Sportspeople from Salt Lake City
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine alumni
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- American swimming biography stubs